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Dads are taking more parental leave than the headlines suggest

As state paid family leave programs have expanded rapidly across the United States, Anders Knospe and Richard Reeves find that fathers' leave-taking has grown dramatically, and that the gap between fathers and mothers is narrower than standard measures suggest.

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Education & Skills, Employment

Men enter teaching to pay it forward

Ben Smith and Jennifer Seelig present findings from a study, in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago, on the motivations of male teachers and the barriers they faced when entering the profession.

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Mental Health

Is it inevitable that men die younger than women? Looking at evidence and policy solutions

Allen Downey analyzes life expectancy and cause-specific mortality data across the United States and other OECD countries from 2000 to 2023 to understand how much the life expectancy gap between men and women varies, which causes of death contribute most to it, and where policy might be most effective.

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Education & Skills

Born to lead: The social advantage of being the oldest in your school cohort

For decades, education researchers have observed that children who are older than their classmates tend to do better not just in school, but far beyond it. Matthew Jacob and Michael Bailey study these effects, comparing children born just before and just after their state's kindergarten cutoff date.

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Employment

Healthcare is the new working-class jobs engine. Can it become a career pathway for men?

While healthcare has emerged as the dominant replacement sector for manufacturing in the U.S. since the early 1980s, much of its growth is concentrated in roles that many men have not historically viewed as natural occupational pathways.

Fatherhood & Family, Employment

Dads are taking more parental leave than the headlines suggest

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Employment, Education & Skills

What’s really going on with men and work? Seven facts

This brief provides seven key facts about men and work by mapping who is affected, tracing how trends have shifted over time, and confronting the questions we may still not have good answers to.

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Education & Skills

Educating boys: Bridging gaps, building futures (ANNALS Volume 716)

This special volume of The ANNALS (Volume 716) brings together leading scholars to advance a systematic, multi-disciplinary perspective on the current state of male education.